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Les Pivnic

  • Modern British-Built Trams for Johannesburg’s British Empire Exhibition in 1936
  • The Saga of the planned major SAR & H Museum that never was
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 2)
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 1)
  • A new perspective on Johannesburg trams
  • Johannesburg as seen through the eyes of a young schoolboy in the late 1940s, early 1950s and later as a young married man in the early 1960s

From our Archive

  • George Bizos loves Joburgers
  • Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
  • British 'heroes' commemorated in Kensington street names
  • Only this cemetery remains as a stark reminder of an uprooted community
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names
  • Refurbishing the Muizenberg Carnegie Library and Post Office
  • The Preservation of Pimville Soweto
  • Signs of life at iconic Corner House
  • Use of vintage photographs in narrating visual history - Beitbridge under construction (1928 – 1930)
  • "I knew in that instant that my life on the run was over" - The capture of Nelson Mandela 5 August 1962
  • Johannesburg's First Air Conditioned Building
  • Joburg’s first trees
  • From Drawing Boards to Building Information Modelling (BIM)
  • Victorian-era Brothel Tokens of South Africa
  • A flag for the Con Court, with help from an elephant

From the Directory

  • Panners Kingswood Village Association (PKVA)
  • Louwkul Design Lab
  • South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA)
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • Ulwazi Programme
  • Historical Time Lines
  • Pinelands Ratepayers and Residents Associations (PRRA)
  • Bridget O'Donoghue Heritage Consulting
  • ICOM-SA
  • Historical Association of South Africa (HASA)
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